NEPTIS. EAHINDA. 343 



Neptis dorelia, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, Zool. i, 1879, p. 542. 



pi. 68, fig-. 3. 

 Rahinda sattanga, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 311 £ '■> de N. 



(Neptis) Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 83 ; Moore (Lasippa), Lep. Ind. 



iv, 1899-1900, p. 42, pi. 305, figs. 1, la-lc, S 2 • 

 Neptis kuhasa, de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 84 ; Moore (Lasippa), 



Lep. Ind. iv, 1889-1900, p. 41, pi. 304, tigs. 2, 2a, tf. 



Br (/-season form. — tf 2 • Upperside black, with very broad ochra- 

 ceous orange markings as follow : — Fore wing : discoidal streak 

 anteriorly thrice indented, the preapical indentation centred with 

 an ochraceous wedge-shaped mark ; a crescentic spot in the middle 

 of the dorsum extending into interspace 1 ; a large obliquely 

 placed spot in interspace 2 extending narrowly iuto interspace 3, 

 and emarginate on the outer side ; a large obliquely placed pre- 

 apical irregular spot from below to interspace 4, a postdisca] 

 continuous transverse series of triangular spots in the interspaces, 

 and a narrow subterminal transverse line. Hind wing with the 

 usual subbasal and postdiscal bands, and subterminal somewhat 

 slender line. Underside similar, but the ground-colour dusky 

 black, the markings much broader and slightly diffuse. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen black ; beneath, the palpi and thorax 

 greyish white, abdomen pale ochraceous. 



Wet-season form. — J 2 . Upperside : the markings of a deeper 

 yellow and narrower ; subterminal line on both fore and hind 

 wing more distinct. Underside similar, the discoidal streak on the 

 fore wing extending slightly below the cell; all the markings 

 broader than on the upperside. 



Exp. <5 2 44-52 mm. (1-74-2-05"). 



Hab. Assam, Cachar ; Upper and Lower Burma ; Tenasserim : 

 the Malayan Subregion to Borneo and Java. 



Two slightly differentiated varieties of this insect have been 

 described. N. sattanga, Moore, from Upper Burma, differs, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Moore, in the paler yellow markings, but in 

 neither the type specimen nor in others that I have examined 

 is this difference appreciable. Further, the subterminal line on the 

 upperside of the hind wing is said to be grey not ochraceous. 

 In the type it is certainly obscure, but very pale ochraceous 

 in certain lights. N. kuhasa, de Niceville, from Cachar, is 

 said to differ from N. sattanga in the width of the ochraceous- 

 yellow subterminal band on the hind wing, but this is a variable 

 character. 



Genus RAHINDA. 



Rahinda, Moore, Lep. Cei/l. i, 1881, p. 56 : id. Lep. Ind. iv, 1899- 

 1900, p. 29. 



Type, B. hordonia, Stoll, from India. 

 Range. The Indo-Malayan Region ; China. 

 6 2- Fore wing: costa arched ; apex bluntly angular ; termen 

 slightly concave in the middle ; tornus truncate ; dorsum slightly 



